cloister

A row of vaults seem to be supported by 14 superslim columns but are, in fact, suspended from the ceiling and give the room the sheltered quality of a cloister.

During photography’s climb to acceptance as a fine art, which accelerated around 1970, it ran the risk of becoming precious and solipsistic, as manifested in an arid exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, “Ocean of Images: New Photography 2015,” filled with pictures taken by artists who engaged with the world at a remove, from the cloister of their studies or the internet.

The chocolate kitchen at Hampton Court Palace was built for William III and Mary II in about 1689, and the chocolate room, designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1690, was just down the cloister from the chocolate kitchen.

A chocolate kitchen, chocolate serving room, chocolate cloister and full chocolate staff are optional.

The centre is described as a series of red brick "pavilions" housing care and social spaces, stitched together by a central timber "cloister".